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postformal

postformal adjective: following the formal operational stage (the last of Jean Piaget's four stages of human cognitive development), and involving more complex forms of thinking such as self-reference, pragmatism, and acceptance of paradoxes.

Adjective

postformal (not comparable)

  1. Following the formal operational stage (the last of Jean Piaget's four stages of human cognitive development), and involving more complex forms of thinking such as self-reference, pragmatism, and acceptance of paradoxes.

Origin of postformal

From post- + formal.

Questions about postformal

What does postformal mean?
Postformal means following the formal operational stage (the last of Jean Piaget's four stages of human cognitive development), and involving more complex forms of thinking such as self-reference, pragmatism, and acceptance of paradoxes.
What part of speech is postformal?
Postformal is an adjective.

Words near postformal in the dictionary

  1. postflop
  2. postflow
  3. postflowering
  4. postfolding
  5. postform
  6. postformal
  7. postformalin
  8. postformalism
  9. postformalist
  10. postformation
  11. postformational

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